New York City Is About To Decide Democrats' Future, podcast runtime 49:52

[littlemissmartypants]

Lever Time
Jun 20, 2025
New York City Is About To Decide Democrats’ Future
The upcoming results of the mayoral election could determine the future of the Democratic Party

Early voting in New York City’s mayoral primary race is well underway, and the rest of the country is watching. That’s because this year’s publicly funded city election is a battle for the future of the Democratic party, and the two frontrunners — a disgraced, corporate-backed Democrat and an upstart, young progressive — reveal a political schism that stretches far beyond the Big Apple.

Today on Lever Time, David Sirota speaks with one of the race’s surprising front-runners, democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, to explore how he’s using campaign finance reforms and other innovative approaches to take on New York’s former governor, Andrew Cuomo. David also talks with former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to understand what’s truly at stake in the election.

https://www.levernews.com/new-york-city-is-about-to-decide-democrats-future/

[RandySF]

1. This has no impact on the party nationally.

The mayoral primary never has.

[Scrivener7]

2. No. NY is one city with unique needs right now.

Taco is about to add NYC to LA in his stomp list, and NYC may therefore go for the junkyard dog because of that. It says nothing about the national party.